Ebook: Vivarium: experimental, quantitative, and theoretical biology at Vienna's Biologische Versuchsanstalt

Contents -- Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Note -- Preface -- I INTRODUCTION -- 1 Biologische Versuchsanstalt: An Experiment in the Experimental Sciences -- Scientific Inspirations -- The Departments -- Resurrection -- Open Questions -- Legacies -- References -- II VIENNESE CONTEXT -- 2 The Founders of the Biologische Versuchsanstalt: A Familiesâ#x80;#x99; Topography -- The Jewish Haute Bourgeoisie -- The Origins -- Position in Society -- Literacy, Learning, and Education -- The Przibram Family -- The Porges von Portheim Family -- The Figdor Family;The scientific achievements and forgotten legacy of a major Austrian research institute, from its founding in 1902 to its wartime destruction in 1945.